Article: `Martha' perks up, but overall ad pages bleak.(DataCenter)

Byline: NAT IVES

Magazines' 2005 ad-page counts are in-and they aren't very pretty. Pages barely moved the needle, climbing a measly 0.5% above their 2004 total, according to a report released Jan. 10 by the Publishers Information Bureau.

There were winners, like Martha Stewart Living, which racked up a 38.2% increase in ad pages as advertisers welcomed the domestic diva's return to freedom.

Advertisers in American Media's revamped The Star made Editorial Director Bonnie Fuller look good; the celebrity weekly increased its ad pages by 30.1% last year. And Time Inc.'s People took first place in absolute terms with 3,852 ad pages, an increase of ...

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